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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Oakdale Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakdale Woods and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Oakdale Woods:
    • 33.925105, -83.980463
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Oakdale Woods
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Oakdale Woods ...

We found one communities that share the name Oakdale Woods.

Within Georgia, the name Oakdale Woods is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Oakdale Woods in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oakdale Woods [DuPage County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakdale Woods ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Cotton Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
    • Cotton Creek is located in Gwinnett County
  • Cricket Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cricket Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
    • Cricket Hill is located in Gwinnett County
  • Emerald Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
    • Emerald Forest is located in Gwinnett County
  • Falcon Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Ridge
    • Falcon Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
  • Flowers Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowers Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Crossing
    • Flowers Crossing is located in Gwinnett County
  • Forest River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest River
    • Forest River is located in Gwinnett County
  • Graystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graystone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graystone
    • Graystone is located in Gwinnett County
  • Murphyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphyville
    • Murphyville is located in Gwinnett County
  • River Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bridge
    • River Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Sandlewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlewood
      • Sandlewood is located in Gwinnett County
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
      • Summerville is located in Gwinnett County
    • Summit Chase
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Chase
      • Summit Chase is located in Gwinnett County
    • Sweet Water
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Water have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
      • Sweet Water is located in Gwinnett County
    • Village Gate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Gate
      • Village Gate is located in Gwinnett County
    • Williams Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Place
      • Williams Place is located in Gwinnett County

How Far From Oakdale Woods to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oakdale Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Oakdale Woods and extending to:

  • Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Oakdale Woods to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 516 miles [830.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakdale Woods. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Gwinnett County: www.co.gwinnett.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Oakdale Woods could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakdale Woods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakdale Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9251, Longitude: -83.9805       In this case, the coordinates for Oakdale Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Oakdale Woods to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.021 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.435 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.084 degrees.




 

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